Carter buttons scarce in NM as Ford favors rise
In New Mexico Carter campaign buttons and bumper stickers will be scarce due to limited campaign funds. Ford supporters report increasing button visibility with more arriving from manufacturers. Carter officials say the national committee will not supply bumper stickers or buttons, relying on brochures and posters instead. Ford campaign notes higher local presence through state organizers.
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Marian McQuiddy
Button
Jimmy Carter
Ford
New Mexico
Carter
Ben Alexander
Hobbs
National
Carter- Mondale
Alexander
Kacy Cornell
Carter National Press
Atlanta
Miss Cornell
Democratic National Committee
Colin McMillan
Roswell
Ford Election
House votes to launch JFK and King assassination inquiry
The House approved a 280 to 65 vote to form a 12 member special committee to investigate the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. The panel could review related cases and probe new information aired by Abby Mann and Mark Lane regarding Memphis police and fire department roles in King’s death.
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David C. Martin
Associated Press
Washington
House Today
John F. Kennedy
Martin Luther King
House
Kennedy
King
Carl Albert
Thomas N. Downing
D-Va
Henry B. Gonzalez
D-Tex
Downing
Gonzalez
Congress
Warren Commission
Lee Harvey Oswald
Memphis
Congressional Black Caucus
Abby Mann
Mark Lane
Del
Walter Fauntroy
D-D.c
Lane
Mann
Black Caucus
Rules Committee
FBI
Edward E. Redditt
Redditt
Memphis Fire
Frank C. Holloman
Lorraine
James Earl Ray
Hoover
Senate Intelligence Committee
Maxine Smith
NAACP
Senate
Hugh Scott
Senate Ethics Committee
Gulf Oil Corp
Vandals cause over 50000 damage at two pipelines
Sheriff deputies report more than 4600 feet of gas transmission pipe destroyed at two K B Kennedy Engineering Co sites in Pecos Valley near Hagerman. Five heavy earth moving machines vandalized with total damage estimated above $50 000. The act appears deliberate and planned by two or more individuals.
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Bill Moffitt
K.B. Kennedy Engineering Co
Hagerman
Sheriff's Deputies
Tom Edgett
Pecos Valley
Edgett
Bill Carpenter
Jim Light
Ernest Salas
Vandalism hits two sites along pipeline south of Roswell
Edgett describes damage by vandals to a bulldozer south of N M 31 and to equipment at a main site six miles farther. A bulldozer was driven over welded pipe joints and bolts were placed in a transmission. Investigators use four wheel drive due to rough terrain. K B Kennedy Engineering Co headquartered in Roswell. president unavailable for comment.
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Edgett
K.B. Kennedy Engineering Co
Roswell Industrial Air Center
K.B. Kennedy
Surprise visits boost Schmitt in Democratic stronghold
Two surprise Democrats attended a Harrison Schmitt campaign event in Estancia and urged Montoya to debate. Marshall Rowley and Lauriano Anaya praised Schmitt's ideas on rural water desalination, medical care, and clean energy. Anaya defended party switches. residents noted Montoya’s record and King endorsement.
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Moriarty
U.S. Senate
Harrison
Jack’’ Schmitt
Joseph Montoya
Marshall Rowley
Bruce King
Lauriano Anaya
Atty
Toney Anaya
Democratic State Party
Mike Anaya
Schmitt
Anaya
Montoya
Estancia
King
Joseph M. Montoya
Ernest Hawkins
Torrance County
Hagerman Man Dies After Water Tank Crushes Truck
Hector J. Medrano 19 of Hagerman died when a water tank loosened from his pickup and pinning him in the cab after the truck left NM 2 south of Dexter. He worked for Willard Watson, was a Hagerman High School 1976 graduate, and was a lifelong resident member of St. Catherine's Church. He is survived by parents two sisters and five brothers. Services pending.
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Dexter
Here
Willard Watson
Medrano
Hagerman High School
Hagerman
St. Catherine's Catholic
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Bulletin
New York
Henry A. Kissinger
Africa
Kissinger
Holloman
Fire Department
Police
J. Edgar Hoover
Boston
UPI Telephoto
Charlestown
Chaves
N.M. 31
Jack
R.T. Floyd
Ford Motor Co
Mountainair
Hector J. Medrano
Manuel M. Medrano
N.M
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